Music: styles & genres

Johnny Cash: The Life of An American Icon [9781844494149]

From his legendary 50s Sun recordings to his classic 'American' albums of the late 90s, Johnny Cash has always been the country voice of rock. This is…

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King of the Blues: The Life and Times of B. B. King [9781611856545]

King of the Blues is the story of the first and only superstar of American blues. But it is also a chronicle of the African-American experience. B.B. …

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Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV [9780826416582]

In this wickedly entertaining and thoroughly informed homage to one of rock music's towering pinnacles, Erik Davis investigates the magic black or oth…

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Light My Fire: My Life with the Doors [9780099280651]

The Doors were arguably the most important rock-and-roll band of the 1960s, unquestionably a catalyst for American music as we know it. Their music wa…

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Like a Bat Out of Hell: The Larger than Life Story of Meat Loaf [9781409173557]

'A passionate, pacey tome you should do anything for a copy of' - Kerrang! I never wanted to be a big star. I just wanted to be the biggest at what I…

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Music: A Subversive History [9781541644366]

The phrase music history likely summons up images of long-dead composers, smug men in wigs and waistcoats, and people dancing without touching. In M…

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My Dearest Father [9780141397627]

'They wanted me to give a concert; I wanted them to beg me. And so they did. I gave a concert.' A selection of personal correspondence between Mozart …

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New Heaven, A: Harry Christophers and The Sixteen Choral conversations with Sara Mohr-Pietsch [9780571348527]

The Sixteen have become a household name. They are the Voices of Classic FM, and stars of the BBC Four series Sacred Music, presented by Simon Russell…

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New Heaven, A: Harry Christophers and The Sixteen Choral conversations with Sara Mohr-Pietsch [9780571348534]

The Sixteen have become a household name. They are the Voices of Classic FM, and stars of the BBC Four series Sacred Music, presented by Simon Russell…

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Nothing is Real: The Beatles Were Underrated And Other Sweeping Statements About Pop [9781784164072]

Pop music's a simple pleasure. Is it catchy? Can you dance to it? Do you fancy the singer? But what's fascinating about pop is our relationship with i…

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Opera: The Definitive Illustrated Story [9780241515822]

Experience the passion and drama of the world's greatest operas with this sumptuously illustrated visual guide. Immerse yourself in more than 400 year…

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Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to its Own Past [9780571232093]

The first book to make sense of 21st Century pop, Retromania explores rock's nostalgia industry of revivals, reissues, reunions and remakes, and argue…

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Return of the King: Elvis Presley's Great Comeback [9781906002282]

On January 1, 1967, a new contract between 'Colonel' Tom Parker and his sole client, Elvis Presley, gave Parker a 50 per cent cut of royalties and pro…

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Robert Schumann's Advice to Young Musicians: Revisited by Steven Isserlis [9780571355686]

'No musician or music lover should be without it.' BBC Music Magazine Robert Schumann was far ahead of his time: his music anticipated a multitude …

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Roger Daltrey: Thanks a lot Mr Kibblewhite: My Story [9781788700313]

'Before the sixties, you were a child and then you were a man. You went to school and then you went to work. That changed. Our generation changed it.'…

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Rolling Stones 50 X 20 [9781608871322]

Rolling Stones 50 x 20 celebrates the remarkable fifty-year career of The World s Greatest Rock n Roll Band with images captured by twenty of the wor…

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Roots, Radicals and Rockers: How Skiffle Changed the World [9780571327751]

A Rough Trade, Mojo and FT Book of the Year SHORTLISTED FOR THE PENDERYN MUSIC BOOK PRIZE Emerging from the jazz clubs of the early 1950s, skiffle…

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Schumann: The Faces and the Masks [9780571331260]

Schumann: The Faces and the Masks is a groundbreaking account of a major composer whose life and works have been the subject of intense controversy ev…

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Shock and Awe: Glam Rock and Its Legacy, from the Seventies to the Twenty-First Century [9780571301720]

A Guardian, Sunday Times, Mojo, Daily Telegraph and Observer Book of the Year As the sixties dream faded, a new flamboyant movement electrified the wo…

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Sittin' In: Jazz Clubs of the 1940s and 1950s [9780062914705]

A rare collection of more than 200 full-color and black-and-white souvenir photographs and memorabilia that bring to life the renowned jazz nightclubs…

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